CURI vs IQ vs LVO Stock Comparison

CuriosityStream, iQIYI and LiveOne Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CURI CuriosityStream Inc.
$2.80 -9.7% 1M -36.5% 1Y
Market cap
$152.71M
P/E
71.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$79.81M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
5 wins
IQ iQIYI, Inc.
$0.84 -17.6% 1M -62.8% 1Y
Market cap
$363.11M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.71B
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
2 wins
LVO LiveOne, Inc.
$2.73 +16.7% 1M -49.3% 1Y
Market cap
$41.36M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$77.29M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

CuriosityStream leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (CuriosityStream 5, iQIYI 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCURIIQLVOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $152.71M $363.11M $41.36M IQ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 71.5x -3.0x -2.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.7x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.2% -3.2% -23.1% CURI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.7% -3.2% -27.1% CURI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -0.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.5% -62.8% -49.3% CURI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.5%/yr -37.4%/yr -37.3%/yr CURI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 76.3% 50.8% 82.9% IQ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 30/100 10/100 CURI

Percentile Scorecard

CURIIQLVO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCURIIQLVO
Valuation 34 #110 of 167 71 #49 of 167 16 #140 of 167
Growth 90 #17 of 153 0 #153 of 153 5 #146 of 153
Profitability 59 #64 of 153 32 #105 of 153 17 #127 of 153
Financial Health 24 #136 of 179 19 #145 of 179 12 #157 of 179
Shareholder Returns 89 #11 of 94 – 1 #93 of 94
Overall 59 30 10
  • CURI ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • IQ ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • LVO ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCURIIQLVOSPY
1 month -9.7%-17.6%+16.7% -0.2%
3 months +14.3%-32.8%-42.9% +3.9%
6 months -16.4%-24.3%-47.9% +8.2%
Year to date -26.3%-56.3%-42.2% +12.9%
1 year -36.5%-62.8%-49.3% +12.3%
3 years +428.2%-82.5%-72.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +74.2%-44.1%-35.1% +23.3%
5 years -72.0%-90.4%-90.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -22.5%-37.4%-37.3% +10.9%
10 years ——-98.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——-34.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCURIIQLVOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 76.3%50.8%82.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.9%53.1%86.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.391.241.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-1.24-0.59 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.5%-90.8%-92.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.0%-64.3%-61.1% -1.2%
52-week high $4.91$2.35$7.02 $779.14
52-week low $2.35$0.84$2.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCURIIQLVO
P/E now vs peer median 77.6xmedian 17.3x -3.0xmedian 17.3x -1.7xmedian 17.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.4x 0.2xmedian 1.4x 0.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.2x —median 14.2x -2.6xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.5x 12.3xmedian 11.5x -3.0xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 1.8x 0.4xmedian 1.8x -2.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.87median 0.40 0.08median 0.40 0.08median 0.40

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCURIIQLVO
Revenue $79.81M $3.71B $77.29M
Gross profit $49.47M $665.38M $13.84M
Operating income $1.80M -$57.57M -$15.12M
Net income $2.14M -$89.99M -$20.51M
Free cash flow – $66.12M -$12.60M
R&D – $233.12M $2.44M
EPS (diluted) $0.04 $-0.05 $-2.41
Cash & equivalents – $471.90M $8.63M
Total debt – $3.74B $3.25M
Shares (diluted) 60.61M 2.36B 8.69M
Enterprise value $100.38M -$2.01B $7.03M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCURIIQLVO
P/E 77.6x -3.0x -1.7x
P/FCF – 12.3x -3.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.6x -3.9x
P/S 2.1x 0.2x 0.5x
P/B 4.0x 0.4x -2.7x
P/Tangible book 4.0x 0.4x -2.4x
EV/EBITDA – – -2.6x
EV/EBIT 91.3x -21.7x -2.1x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 0.3x 0.4x
EV/FCF – 18.9x -2.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 27.1x -3.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.87 0.08 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCURIIQLVO
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.2% -3.2% -23.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.3% -6.2% -9.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 53.2% -24.2% -41.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 37.8% -18.0% -25.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 127.3% -150.6% 29.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.0% -29.2% -78.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 144.8% -239.9% 9.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.2% -39.2% -20.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 142.5% -1,091% 6.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.1% -39.0% -20.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -69.5% -585.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -52.2% -54.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -57.7% -828.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -46.4% -37.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCURIIQLVO
Gross margin 62.0% 17.9% 17.9%
EBITDA margin – – -15.9%
Operating margin 2.3% -1.6% -19.6%
Pretax margin 3.2% -2.1% -26.5%
Net margin 2.7% -3.2% -27.1%
FCF margin – 1.8% -16.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 1.2% -12.4%
Return on equity 5.4% -4.8% –
Return on assets 3.1% -1.3% -42.9%
Return on invested capital – -0.8% –
Return on capital employed 3.5% -1.6% -117.7%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.6x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.5x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 20.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCURIIQLVO
Debt / assets – 15.6% 6.7%
Debt / equity – 0.6x -0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.4x
Debt / FCF – 15.8x -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 38.5% 72.3% 128.1%
Equity / assets 61.5% 27.7% -28.1%
Interest coverage – -0.5x –
Current ratio 0.8x 0.4x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -2.01 -1.06 -7.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCURIIQLVO
Dividend yield 12.1% – –
Net buyback yield – – -34.9%
Shareholder yield 12.1% – -34.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCURIIQLVO
Forward P/E 14.7xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.19FY2026 $-0.07FY2026 $-1.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -275.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +26.3% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $81.18MFY2026 $3.56BFY2026 $87.06MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 -8.8%FY2026 +12.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% +3.7% +23.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCURIIQLVO
Held by institutions 31.0% 26.0% –
Institutions holding 100 128 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.2% -5.6% –
Institutions buying 51 57 –
Institutions selling 32 40 –
Buyers to sellers 1.59 1.43 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CURIIQLVO
CURI 1.00 0.15 0.10
IQ 0.15 1.00 0.03
LVO 0.10 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CURI, IQ and LVO?

iQIYI (IQ) is the largest by market capitalisation: CuriosityStream (CURI) $152.71M, iQIYI (IQ) $363.11M, LiveOne (LVO) $41.36M.

Which company is growing faster?

CuriosityStream (CURI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: CuriosityStream (CURI) +31.2%, iQIYI (IQ) -3.2%, LiveOne (LVO) -23.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

CuriosityStream (CURI) has the highest net margin (CuriosityStream (CURI) 2.7%, iQIYI (IQ) -3.2%, LiveOne (LVO) -27.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CuriosityStream (CURI) returned the most: CuriosityStream (CURI) -36.5%, iQIYI (IQ) -62.8%, LiveOne (LVO) -49.3%. Over five years, CuriosityStream (CURI) compounded fastest (CuriosityStream (CURI) -22.5%/yr, iQIYI (IQ) -37.4%/yr, LiveOne (LVO) -37.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, iQIYI (IQ) has been the steadiest (CuriosityStream (CURI) 76.3%, iQIYI (IQ) 50.8%, LiveOne (LVO) 82.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CURI, IQ and LVO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CuriosityStream (CURI) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.